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Pete Fierle, Manager - Digital Media/Communications
Pete's familiarity with the game's history is a result of spending two decades working in the Hall's archives surrounded by the world's largest collection of pro football information. His many duties include overseeing the Hall's website as well as the day-to-day operation of the Archives & Information Center.

Calling all Bears and Packers fans Friday, September 04, 2009

11:00 a.m. ET

Just like you, all of us at the Pro Football Hall of Fame are big fans of the game. I can tell you that we are absolutely excited as can be for Kickoff Weekend.

We’re working away here in Canton planning our website programming for the 2009 NFL season.  As in years past, one of the weekly features will be a Throwback Game of the Week. This year we’ve decided to focus on just one historical game from a matchup coming up during each week’s action. So be on the lookout for Throwback Thursday!

It all starts on Kickoff Weekend as we’ll profile the Bears-Packers game. This is where you come in. Share your comments below and let us know if there’s one particular game from the NFL’s oldest rivalry that you want us to profile. Then, we’ll put our research team to work and have them pull from our resource of more than 18 million pages of documents in our Archives & Information Center to bring you great coverage of one famous Chicago-Green Bay battle from yesteryear.


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  • SSR - September 07 2009 06:52 PM

    It was the last encounter in 2008. Green Bay was playing in Soldier Field, which, by the way, is the smallest stadium in the NFL, but has the most loyal fans of all. The Packers had beaten the Bears 37-3 in their last game. It was a close game. But, No. 54, Brian Urlacher, blocked the field goal that sent the game into overtime and had Robbie Gould kick the winning field goal. It was kind of like the Epic in Miami, except Urlacher wasn't exhausted and it was frikkin cold.

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  • Seth - September 07 2009 11:11 AM

    One of my favorite Bears/Packers games is the November 7th 1999 game. Walter Payton passed away on November 1st and the next week the Bears played the Packers in a very close, hard fought game. Bears won on a late blocked field goal to seal the victory. I remember that game fondly because a lot of us Bears fans were calling to Walter that day for a miracle to save the game. It seems like Walter delivered! I was screaming around the livingroom so happy! http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199911070gnb.htm

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  • Patrick - September 06 2009 03:49 PM

    The Chester Marchol blocked field goal and touchdown run...... or the Instant Replay Game...

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  • wendi - September 05 2009 10:01 AM

    Chuck Cecil'****List and he Nailed McMahon

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  • Ben - September 04 2009 06:33 PM

    I am fond of the game in 1985 where the "Fridge" scored against the packers on a monday night game I think.

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